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Thursday, 5 January 2017

I really don't like January....

Named after Janus the god of beginnings and transitions, January was once seen as the door to a new year and new beginning but I think January has to be my least favourite months.....I would go as far to say I hate it!

The Christmas Comedown....

Only a few days ago we were stuffing our faces with yummy food, drinking lots of wine and having a blast now all the treat food has gone. All the Christmas TV has finished....There is no more lazing about watching a film on an afternoon....We have to wear real clothes....We have to get dressed! Ugh! I spent most of the Christmas holidays in pj's....Clothes are just so uncomfortable....lol It just feels cosier in a fleecy onesie....

New Year’s resolutions.

Most people make New Year’s resolutions and try to stick to them which ends up making them grumpy.....The phrase New Year, New Me irritates me so much. It bugs me that people wait until January to change their life....Why not change things in the middle of let's say May?

Diets and Dry January.

Everyone is on a diet, detox or doing Dry January which I have nothing against but I look forward to my glass or two of wine on a weekend and some junk food....

The cold!

In December it was OK when it was cold....There was pretty Christmas lights everywhere to make it cheery....Now it is just grey and dismal. It seems such a long time until the summer.

Dark mornings.

After a Christmas break of lie ins, not getting up before 9am (well apart from Christmas day) setting the alarm for yesterday made me feel like crying....In the run up to the Christmas holidays we were OK with the dark mornings....We had Christmas to look forward to, to keep us going....It feels like the middle of the night when the alarm goes off. Becky leaves for school when it is still dark and gets home again when it's nearly dark....

There is nothing to look forward to in January.

There is nothing....In every other month we have something. February there is Valentines day....In March spring starts, April we have Easter and so on....

The sales.

I have already seen things that I bought in December going for less than half price....Grr and even if there was something I wanted I can't afford it because Christmas cleaned me out.

Ha, It's a strange time of year isn't it. I took my tree and decorations down yesterday and usually it makes me feel sad but this year I couldn't wait to get rid. I've all sorts of plans and resolutions drifting in and out my mind but can't be bothered to actually start anything. Yes, it's cold, dark and dreary this month.

We have birthdays in January to keep us going but normally the money is hard to find to celebrate. I quite like the new year as I'm normally so over the past year by the time we get to Christmas. I do feel I'm more of a spring person ;0)

Hahaha!!This post says everything I don't like about January too, and the weather always seems to be so much bleaker. It really is cold and dark. I resisted taking our decorations down until yesterday - as you say, when you have something sparkling and pretty to look at it helps with the short, cold, dark days!Roll on spring!